Flatsonar

Chromium Web Browser

by The Chromium Authors

The web browser from Chromium project

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed BSD-3-Clause and LGPL-2.1+ and Apache-2.0 and IJG and MIT and GPL-2.0+ and ISC and OpenSSL and (MPL-1.1 or GPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.0) v152.0.7977.82
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Screenshot 1 of Chromium Web Browser

About

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way to experience the web.

We invite you to join our effort to build a powerful platform for developing a new generation of web applications.

Permissions

6 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.Avahi
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.Avahi
  • talks to system service org.bluez
    --system-talk-name=org.bluez
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • printing
    --socket=cups
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to /run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
    --filesystem=/run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • talks to org.kde.kwalletd5
    --talk-name=org.kde.kwalletd5
  • talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager
  • talks to org.kde.kwalletd6
    --talk-name=org.kde.kwalletd6
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.*
  • battery status
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.UPower

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x8)
    source:prebuilt
  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.